In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crossgate like this:
CROSSGATE, a township in St. Oswald parish, Durham; partly in Durham city. It contains Durham work-house; and forms, with Framwellgate township, the parochial chapelry of St. Margaret. Acres, 454. Pop., 2, 591. Houses, 351.
Crossgate through time
Crossgate is now part of Durham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Durham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Crossgate itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crossgate, in Durham and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4189
Date accessed: 25th May 2024
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